But after five years together the pair abruptly ended their business relationship without explanation.

However, they reunited in 2009 after Jackson asked Dileo to manage him again while launching his ill-fated This Is It tour.

Dileo was his manager when Jackson died on 25 June that year.

Dileo also had a role in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas as gangster Tuddy Cicero and also appeared in Wayne's World and its sequel as a flashy music executive.

"He was not only one of the great veterans of the music business, he was a beloved friend to me and all who were lucky enough to have had him in their lives," said John Branca, co-executor of Jackson's estate.